Caras (magazine)

Caras
Categories Women's magazine
Celebrity magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 60,979 (September-October 2013)
Publisher Edimpresa-Editora Lda
Year founded 1995
Company Impresa Group
Country Portugal
Based in Lisbon
Language Portuguese
Website Caras

Caras is a Portuguese language weekly celebrity and women's magazine published in Lisbon, Portugal. The magazine has an edition in Brazilia and is distributed in Angola.

History and profile

Caras was established in 1995.[1][2][3] The magazine is part of the Impresa Group,[4][5] which also controls the weekly newspaper Expresso and news magazine Visão.[6][7] The publisher of the magazine, based in Lisbon, is Edimpresa-Editora Lda, a subsidiary of the Swiss publishing company Edipresse.[3][8]

Caras provides weekly news on the private lives of the public figures both from Portugal and from other countries[9] and news about fashion, beauty, health, cuisine and decoration.[4] The magazine has been distributed weekly in Angola since September 2005[9] and has an edition published in Brazilia.[10]

In 2014 Caras was the recipient of the Meios and Publicidade award in the category of society publication.[4]

Circulation

In 2007 Caras had a circulation of 91,000 copies.[11] The circulation of the weekly was 88,691 copies from February 2008 to February 2009.[9] Its circulation was 60,979 copies between September and October 2013.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Overview of the Sector". GMCS. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Rui Alexandre Novais; Hugo Ferro (2013). "Media Stratups in a Creative Destructive Scenario" (PDF). II. International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Caras". Publicitas. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Expresso, Caras and SIC News were awarded at the 12th edition of the Meios & Publicidade Awards". Eurotux. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "ONI and IMPRESA sign a Partnership deal for UMTS" (PDF). EDP. Lisbon. 21 September 2000. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Portuguese Media". BPI Equity. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "A Good Impres[a]sion from Portuguese Media" (PDF). Equity Research. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Company History and Profile. Edipresse S.A.". Reference for Business. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Caras Media Kit" (PDF). Publicitas. June 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Lidia Marôpo; Ana Jorge (2014). "At the heart of celebrity: celebrities’ children and their rights in the media" (PDF). Communication & Society 27 (4). Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  11. ↑ Anne Austin et. al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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